SECOND ANNUAL BRITISH AMERICAN TOKEN CONGRESS
The second British-American Token Congress is on for May 13-16, 2010!
This time the host city is Charlottesville, located at the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. C’ville has a lot to offer drawing hoards of visitors to Monticello, home of Thomas Jefferson, Ashlawn-Highlands, home of James Monroe, and Montpelier, home of James Madison . If you are looking to rent a car you can get a vintage Triumph or MG at Sports Car Rentals and cruise the countryside. There are dozens of vineyards within easy reach. Forty-five minutes to the west in Staunton is the American Shakespeare Theatre that performs Shakespeare's works under their original staging conditions. A little further out is Mount Vernon, Jamestown, Yorktown and Williamsburg. And, for Civil War buffs – there is no end of battlefields and places of interest – including Petersburg and Appomattox.
The Congress will be held at the Omni Hotel, which has just completed a substantial renovation. It is located directly on the downtown pedestrian mall with dozens of excellent restaurants, bars, music venues, theaters, and interesting shops all within a few blocks.
C’ville itself is easy to get to from most anywhere. It does have its own airport – or you can fly in to National in DC, Dulles in northern Virginia, or Richmond, which is an hour+ drive to the east. I’d recommend flying into C’ville if you can. It’s a nice little airport and easy to get in and out without much hassle. There’s also an Amtrack stop just a few blocks from downtown but service is limited to a few stops a day.
The event will be spread over four days this year – Thursday, Friday, Saturday and into Sunday, with a reception Thursday evening and bourse on Saturday. A full schedule along with additional event details, logistics, and other points of interest will be posted as soon as we get it together. There is also talk of a private tour of Monticello.
The full Congress cost will be about $395 per person which includes the cost of the meeting room, Thursday reception and dinner, Friday dinner, the bourse on Saturday, breakfast each day, coffee and tea during breaks. Rooms have been reserved at the Omni at a discounted rate of $179 per night. Please book directly with the Omni .
For further information please contact:
Alberto Washington at albertowashington@hotmail.com
Gary Groll at ggroll@aol.com
The Omni Hotel at 1-888-444-OMNI
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